Grand Poney

Grand Poney is an interdisciplinary performing-arts company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. According to its official website, it was founded in Montreal in 2009 from the vision of Jacques Poulin-Denis. The company describes itself as an unpredictable, proud and whimsical beast, and develops a stage writing that draws on choreographic abstraction, theatrical dramaturgy and the design of devices that generate a form of assisted dance. Its works take their substance from the contradictions of human existence: physical and psychic states, impulses and principles, and the relationship between the world and the self. Grand Poney creates atypical narratives that sublimate the everyday by joining the imaginary to the ordinary. Wikidata classifies it simply as a dance company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The company operates in the contemporary dance and live performance sector, presenting original creations rather than a catalogue of consumer products. Its identity is built around a distinctive artistic signature rather than commercial scale, and its primary market is Canada, with Montreal as its home base.

Grand Poney was founded in Montreal in 2009, based on the vision of Jacques Poulin-Denis. From its base in Quebec, the company developed an interdisciplinary approach to stage creation that combines choreographic abstraction, theatrical dramaturgy and the design of scenic devices producing a form of assisted dance. Rather than following a single genre, Grand Poney has built its identity around an atypical narrative style that draws on the contradictions of human existence — physical and psychic states, impulses and principles, and the relationship between the world and the self. Its stated aim is to sublimate the everyday by joining the imaginary to the ordinary. The company is documented in Wikidata as a dance company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Publicly available evidence does not provide a detailed chronology of individual productions, tours or leadership changes, so the dossier remains focused on the company's founding, artistic mission and Montreal base.

• 2009

  Grand Poney is founded in Montreal based on the vision of Jacques Poulin-Denis.

An interdisciplinary Montreal dance company known for atypical narratives that blend choreographic abstraction, theatrical dramaturgy and assisted-dance devices.

• Interdisciplinary stage creations

  Works combining choreographic abstraction, theatrical dramaturgy and assisted-dance devices.

1. 1Grand Poney official websitegrandponey.com
2. 2Grand Poney on Wikidatawikidata.org